SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Two New South Wales mines were idle today. They were West Maitland in the north, employing 200 men, and Bulli, ...
Article : 183 wordsLittle more than 2 months have passed since Australia went on to daylight saving time. Very soon— at the end of the month—the ...
Article : 641 wordsGeneral agreement with the proposal for a uniform system of ARP control for the metropolis as a whole, by a specialist body, as ...
Article : 509 wordsWest Australian coastal town, which was attacked yesterday by Japanese aircraft. The town was subjected to machinegun end cannon fire, and though some damage was dene, there were no casualties. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 34 wordsA new Russian offensive in 3 main drives—the first a double-prong thrust north and south of Kharkov, the second against Dnepropetrovsk, and the third from the Kerch Peninsula—has been launched by ...
Article : 330 wordsThe news of Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell's transfer (see page 1) would cause no surprise, and his return to his own command would be ...
Article : 444 wordsThe best substitute for tea that I have tasted was made from the ripe seeds of the Kurrajong. The flavour is not at all like tea, however. It ...
Article : 459 wordsCalling for an end to disputes and "buck-passing" in armaments output, Mr. Donald Nelson, chairman of the U-S War Production Board, told ...
Article : 145 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—"The Japanese are not super soldiers," Mal.Gen. Gordon Bennett said today on his return to Sydney. "Even at the ...
Article : 539 wordsWONTHAGGI, Tuesday.—Officials of the Powlett branch of the Miners' Federation today expressed surprise at the remarks of Judge ...
Article : 123 wordsThe deans of all the dioceses in Norway have rejected the request of the Church Department of the Quisling Government that they deputise ...
Article : 196 wordsFurther details of the important part played by the RAF in the allnight attack on the Japanese invasion fleet off the coast of Java ...
Article : 223 wordsWhile there is general reticence on the subject of the sinking of Uboats in the Atlantic, the Navy has revealed the exploit of a brand-new ...
Article : 124 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday. — Although there was no authoritative confirmation of a rumour that the Commonwealth Government was about to ...
Article : 220 wordsPit.—Off. Norman Worsley Richardson, an Empire Air Scheme trainee, of Queensland, has been awarded the DFC for his part in attacking the ...
Article : 174 wordsDen. G. C. Marshall, Chief of the U-S Army Staff, said today:—"The time has now come when we must proceed with the business of ...
Article : 162 wordsBulolo and Wau, in New Guinea, were bombed by enemy aircraft on Sunday, but no casualties resulted in either town. The only damage done ...
Article : 60 wordsThe Duke of Aosta, who has been seriously ill with tuberculosis, has died in Nairobi. He was Italian Viceroy of Abyssinia, and ...
Article : 281 wordsBy an Executive order, effective on March 3, President Roosevelt today reorganised the U-S Army into 3 basic units, designed to make ...
Article : 101 wordsA request that Mr. Ward. Labour Minister, should decide whether men employed at a South Melbourne factory on war work should be ...
Article : 106 wordsIn expressing pleasure at the increase in volunteers for auxiliary fire fighting services, Mr. Kemp, Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade, said ...
Article : 356 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday. — Early action, It is understood, will be taken to place the AIF, AMF, and Australian Permanent Forces on the same ...
Article : 143 wordsA report received by the Navy from Norfolk (Virginia) reports that 3 Uboats attacked the American orecarrier Marorc (8,215 tons), on ...
Article : 76 wordsAfter a plateglass window in the shop of A. R. Brudenell, plumber, comer of High and Somerset sts., St. Kilda, had been smashed early ...
Article : 73 wordsA shortage in supplies of shorts for Australian troops has been brought about by increased demands due to the growing numbers of men being ...
Article : 126 wordsLargest U-S Appropriation Bill in history, involving more than £8,000,000,000, has been passed by Congress. ...
Article : 61 wordsPeople who found Monday a particularly trying day after the moderate temperatures of our official summer months were right in classing ...
Article : 79 words"The enemy Is at our northern gates. Any day now be may be bombing our cities and our ports, even attempting to land upon our ...
Article : 565 wordsAccoiding to Berlin Radio the Regent of Iraq, due to political tension at the capital, Teheran, has gone to Kut-el-amara with the boy ...
Article : 54 wordsAmerican hog cases for sausages will soon be displaced by Australian mutton skin. The Australian article is already being used to a limited ...
Article : 72 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday. — "Gather around the flag of Australia and give to your adopted country all that she asks of you. Greece, whether ...
Article : 168 wordsM. Edward Reclzynski, Foreign Minister in the Polish Government, in exile. in a statement to the Press yesterday, said that because serum ...
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Advertising : 172 wordsMembers of the Voluntary War Service Register firefighters' section will meet at Royal Melbourne Hospital on Thursday, at 7.30pm. Other ...
Article : 46 wordsPit-Off. Lawton Lees, 27, who was killed in air operations over Tobruk on November 22, was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 112 wordsBecause of the urgency of the matter, plans to implement War Cabinet's recent decision to establish a large-scale system of labour units ...
Article : 104 wordsAir-raid trenches should be constructed with an eye to drainage facilities, said Cr. H. E. Moreton, chairman of the City Council ARP ...
Article : 53 wordsVictorian branch of the Bread Carters' Union admitted its first woman member last night. She is Mrs. E. Andlay, who is employed by ...
Article : 90 wordsNot only severe rationing of petrol to the Lost Dogs' Home is limiting visits by dogcarts to various suburbs to collect stray dogs. The ...
Article : 114 wordsFalling to the roadway after alighting from the wrong side of a tram which was being shunted at the corner of White Horse and ...
Article : 63 wordsFiremen from Eastern Hill, North Melbourne, Kensington, and Ascotvale fought for more than 45 minutes early last night before they ...
Article : 119 wordsInstruction in unarmed combat (fighting the enemy without use of arms) is extending rapidly throughout the Australian Army, and will ...
Article : 92 wordsForty officer trainees of the WAAAF are undergoing a special course at Queen's College, Melbourne University, which has been made ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Wed 4 Mar 1942, Page 3
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